In today's lesson, things heat up as Chen Sikai's girlfriend wants to know what's been going on with him and Zhou Li. Listen in as he tries to defend himself by explaining what really happened, and see if he is successful...

Whether you are a student, a teacher or work in another setting, your schedule will invariably need to be changed from time to time. Let us equip you with all the phrases you need to successfully rearrange your schedule.

It's a situation we've all come across. Someone's zipper is down! Do we say something to save the day but risk some embarrassment, or just let the person continue in happy oblivion? Listen in and learn how to state the facts in Mandarin.

Does the mention of math class conjure up fond memories of blissful studying or a fatigued sigh as the tedious subject was elaborated? Join this math class as the teacher interrogates our poor student about fractions and more!

While punctuation marks in Chinese are similar to those in English, there are some notable differences. In fact, there are even some symbols used in Chinese punctuation which don't exist in English. In this lesson, someone helps their Chinese coworker write a letter in English, only to discover these differences first hand.

We're wrapping up the animal idiom series with a half-dozen idioms related to the snake. Not surprisingly, the majority of these are quite pejorative: excessive, cruel, and greedy are all attributes inspired by the snake. Tune in and enjoy the show!

This is a tale of a young man with a penchant for women who flip out on him and make his life miserable, even long after they've "ended" it. Yes, the crazy ex-girlfriend trope is alive and well in Chinese culture as well. It's not going to be pleasant, but sooner or later you're going to have to face it.

We revisit Ms. Wu's saga in New York in today's elementary lesson as we follow on a handbag shopping excursion. Will she be able to find one that suits her? Learn how to shop for handbags (and other products) in today's ChinesePod lesson!

This Chinese lesson chronicles a day in the life of Wang Guan, a very busy network administrator. If you deal with routers or servers much, this is a good introductory lesson for you. But a word of advice: go into this lesson with your tone hat on; it's going to give you a workout!

Learning how to “be a man” and walk off that scrape that secretly makes you cry is important in impressing the other sex. So, follow along with our podcast, where the details just get gorier and gorier—starting off with someone bleeding. Learn all this juicy vocabulary, as well as how to act tough, in Mandarin Chinese.